George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown